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BTW, the team behind the "Star Trek: Phase II" fanfilms recently added a CGI Lieutenant Arex over a live-action actor - and he's voiced by Christopher Doohan, son of James Doohan, the original voice of TAS's Arex.

"Phase II" originally said they wouldn't be doing Arex's third arm, but lots of people complained - and the FX artists persisted in their efforts. The last time I saw an update on the CGI on James Cawley's Facebook page, there was amazing preview footage of the three arms moving!

Agent Richard07, since she would likely be a background character at most (if Abrams even considered the idea), the final illusion would probably be achieved via makeup, possibly something similar to the excellent appliances designed for an early David Tennent Doctor Who episode to depict a group of "cat" nuns (the "Sisters of Plenitude"). Unless she had a significant part, I can't imagine the production investing the resources to go the Gollum or Avatar route. And as much as I humorously carry on about the character (as posters here will attest), I'll be the first to admit she was nothing more than a token alien with even fewer lines than Nichols as Uhura.

Still, it woud be fascinating to see her presented in her full digitigrade glory with her tail flicking about during a tense situation.

I'd imagine something like this, but with high end fur "dynamics"...

True, this is "old school" design, what with the Matt Jefferies bridge station and William Ware Theiss uniform, but I hope it adequately presents the idea.

Sincerely,

Bill

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^Background would suffice. It would be a nice little nod to fans, without being intrusive to those who've never heard of or seen TAS. Just to have her and Arex walking along would provide a nice little moment for oldies.

To the uninitiated, it would just be another couple of odd looking aliens, like the various ones we had in the 2009 movie, nothing to take them out of their enjoyment of the film.

"Phase II" originally said they wouldn't be doing Arex's third arm, but lots of people complained - and the FX artists persisted in their efforts. The last time I saw an update on the CGI on James Cawley's Facebook page, there was amazing preview footage of the three arms moving!

Well, the point was, the SPFX guys went to the trouble of putting a CGI head over an actor to turn him into Arex, as a bit of an experiment - but, at first, James Cawley said that their Arex would only have two arms and two legs. Fans urged the "Phase II" SPFX guys to keep pushing the envelope. And they did!